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A Franco-German mishmash as a positive side effect

My name is Carmen. I consider myself to be a Francophile German citizen, although apparently I’ve become more and more French. I cross deserted boulevards while traffic lights are red, speak Spanish with a French accent and some years ago my high school teacher even talked me into thinking that...

I really enjoy studying “free of charge”

Hello. My name is Iryna and I am from Ukraine, from Kiev to be exact. I have been living in Berlin since almost two years. I am an international student at the HU Berlin and I am majoring in computer sciences… hopefully in one year I’ll finish it. Why Germany? Actually, 5...

The Ukrainians

How to find a new destination when life has happened to you?

Sometimes life just happens. You studied something but then the economy spirals down in your home country and there are no jobs. Or you fall in love with somebody and follow your partner to his/her home country but there you can’t work in whatever you have learned originally. These and...

1000+ Words

From Beijing to Freiburg

I am Yuanting Wang, 27 years old from Beijing, China. I did my Masters in Developmental Biology at Chinese Academy of Sciences. I moved to Germany a year ago for my PhD studies. Why did you decide to come to Germany? I love European nations, they are small yet so...

The Chinese

If we don’t like where we are, we can move, we are not trees

My name is Luca. I was born in San Cataldo, province of Caltanissetta in Sicily. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics and a Master’s Degree in Geophysics and environmental Physics. My main hobbies are playing bass guitar (I used to play in several local bands back in Italy), listening...

The Italians

I don’t have much to complain about!

My name is Jay Malone, and I’m an American graduate student at the University of Siegen, a teacher of English at several universities in the Rhineland, an author of apocalyptic dystopian science-fiction, and the founder of student advisory service Eight Hours and Change. I’m originally from Columbus, Ohio, but I’ve...

The Americans

How far are you willing to go?

My name is Anastasia Valeeva and I’m a journalist from Russia. There are several reasons why I decided to move to Germany. I had already studied in Europe before. I visited the CFPJ (Centre de Formation et Perfectionnement des Journalistes) as an exchange student, while I was studying at the Moscow...

The Russians

Nothing is new to me anymore

My name is Maria Gracia, originally from Ecuador and I came to Germany already a couple of yours ago to study. There are many things that I both like and dislike in Germany. I like, for example, that the education level is really high and you can learn many things….you can...

The Ecuadorians

Access to the “real Germans”

My name is Alba and I’m a doctorate student on a scholarship. Originally I come from Spain and it’s been almost a year since I moved to Germany. Before coming here, I found out that there weren’t any travel guides written in Spanish, so I thought it could be a good...

The Spanish

Say yes to everything

I’m Rachel, originally from Shropshire in England, now living in Munich in beautiful Bavaria. I studied French and German at uni, and spent some time living in Paris, and then Tübingen in the southwest of Germany. Paris was wintery, vast, sprawling and taciturn and Tübingen was the complete opposite. I...

The British

Clear to the point

My name is Avissa and I come from Iran. Before coming to Germany I got a Master’s Degree in Sweden and I am moving to Canada very soon. How can you describe your experience in Germany? Great! I did not feel integrated at first, but once you get in, then...

The Iranians

Afraid to open my mailbox

My biggest struggle when I moved to Germany was probably with myself (isn’t it always?). And even though I keep thinking as long as I am balanced I can be happy and content anywhere in the world the differences in culture also play a role. Aside from not being able...

The Romanians

More than just learning

In Iran teachers are always the ones talking all the time and students are very passive. I like to study the language in Germany because I can say almost everything, I can easily express my thoughts without being afraid. In my country many things are forbidden.

The Iranians

Born to be a global nomad

Where do you come from? It’s complex, but I have learnt to adjust my answers. Sometimes I’d say I am Canadian, originally from Romania, who studied in Sweden and now lives in Germany. Other times I’d say I am Romanian who grew up in Canada, studied in Sweden and currently...